The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-19
1t is said that over $4,000 photo
graphs of Mrs. Cleveland have been sold,
the daily sales averaging 500.

- 1t is said that over $4,000 photo
graphs of Mrs. Cleveland have been sold,
the daily sales averaging 500.
= Michigan abolished the gallows
several years ago. Crimes which are us.
ually punished with death are said to
have increased greatly in that State since
it ceased to hang felons. An effort has
recently been made to re.enact the old
law, but the legislature refused to do so.
There are three classes of people in
the world. The first learn from their
own experience-these are the wise the
second learn from the experience of
others-these are the happy; the third
neither learn from their own experience
nor the experience of others-these are
the fools.
Mrs. Grant has just received from
Charles L. Webster a check for $33, 1884,
SO as additional profits on the sale of
General Grants Memoirs" She has thus
received to date a total of 1894, ,459, ,53.
The financial success of Grants book is
unprecedented in the history of litera.
ture.
= According to the British chancellor
of the exchequer there are IS persons in
England with an income ofover $30D, 900,
or about $50 an hour. Yet it is said that
these very wealthy people are really poor.
Their responsibilities are always involv-
ing them in expenditures which it is
difficult for them to meet. They manage
their wealth but do not enjoy it.
- In Davis county, Ind, last nigat
William H. Sanford shot and killed his
sixteen year old son, whom be mistook
for burglar. The boy was q somnm.
bulist, and was walking in his sleep.
The father saw him and called, but got
no answer; the boy saying: "Come on
Dick" addressing his dog. The father
understood this as call to>a confederate
and fred, killing the boy instantly.
= The following defendants have
recently been before Commissioner Mer-
rick for preliminary examination for
violations Of internal revenue laws: Ben.
jamin Strickland, of Anderson county,
held for trial August term u. S. court.
B. G. Hall, of Anderson county, held for
trial August term. John Whitmire, of
Oconee county, discharged. Eli Cleve.
land, of Oconee county, held for trial
August term.-KsoaUee Courier.
"A fishing party, composed of sena.
tor Hampton, State Treasurer Bamberg
and others, has returned to Columbia
after a pleasant sojourn upon the banks
of the Edisto. Each member of the par.
ty expressed himself as having q most
delightful time. The special car in
which they arrived contained over an
hundred trout and large assortment Of
other fish.
The rapid advance in the price Of cot.
fee in the. past few weeks, according to q
Philadelphia importer, is caused by the
failure of the crop about ripening. He
says: "We expected 6,500,000 bags Of
Eio and Santos this year, and the crop
will net only 100000 bags. Next year
ii will only reach at the farthest, $780,
600 bags, and the Java supply will lack
about one. third of the amount yielded
this year. The shortage in Java is attri.
DutaOIe 70 q zeal Qlseaae, ApO Tue SantOs
and Rio grades are retarded by drought
in Brazil.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union of Hamburg, N. Y, has adopted
resolutions congratulating Mrs. Frances
Folsom Cleveland, "a daughter of Erie
County, who has been called in her youth
and beauty to Gil the position of first lady
of the land" for having drunk cold water
at q diplomatic dinner. Also, because
"amid all the temptations and gayetiea
of life in our National Capital she had
the moral heroism to prove loyal to God,
the church and temperance"
1t is said that the younger female
class of Chinese in San Francisco are
adopting American habits, costumes and
religions. The Chinese maiden of the
period bangs her hair, wears belts and
boots, and compromises the costume OF
her Celestial congeners in every way
possible except by discarding outright.
The change has been brought about by
the association Of young girls with Amer
icau children of their own sex in Sunday
| and weekday schools.